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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hooyah1" data-source="post: 1557349" data-attributes="member: 78748">Edz,  like others have said, thanks for looking at the ED2s.  I took my 10x ED2s out after reading your experiment with the "glare shield".  Out in the Arizona sun,  shielding did get rid of the blue/gray crescent when it appeared.  In my 10xs, however, even in the full afternoon sun (looking west), without a glare shield, I had to practically have my eyebrows on the exit lens before it appeared.  It took THAT MUCH misalignment to see the phenomenon.  I don't doubt that the 8x you tested gave the glare, but I am just NOT seeing that with these 10xs.  Having not laid eyes on a pair of 8x binos, I'm not sure what the difference would be...could they have a differently shaped case around the objective lens giving better glare protection?  I doubt it, though...I'm just looking for others' experience with the 10x ED2s.BTW, I'm not a Zen rep, or anything.  In fact, having this pair and a pair of 8.5 EL Swaros, I'll state that the difference between the two is still very apparent.  I love this new pair, but I don't hold it in the same class as the Swaro.</blockquote>